Internal Control Officer

Under the responsibility of the Head of Internal Control;

• Ensure a satisfactory level of internal control within the Egyptian and Sudanese commercial and industrial operations with the objective to promote efficiency in operating processes
• Protect company’s assets, contribute to the mitigation of identified risks and comply with corporate and external regulations pertaining to internal control
• Increase internal controls within the Egyptian and Sudanese operations through the implementation, communication and training on Standard Operating Procedures, policies, charters and workflows along with other stakeholders

Act as a facilitator and a proposal force to develop more efficient processes and overall promote internal control across Affiliate

Responsibilities:

1.Maintain a strong control environment within the organization

A. Control Assessment / Testing

• Support the implementation of the internal control framework in line with the group internal control manual, for all global business units.
• Work with the business on the annual internal control self-assessment, and set with process owners clear remediation plans, where required
• Ensure risks related to Severe Impact controls are fully mitigated
• Perform ongoing reviews/testing of controls to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of control implementation
• Provide ongoing updates to local and regional management on the internal control status, remediation plans, key projects, etc.

B. Process analysis & improvement, Procedures

• Provide active support to process owners for the formalization and design of local policies/procedures in alignment with global policies
• Ensure timely update and renewal of local policies/procedures, and maintain a list of local procedures

C. Delegation

• Ensure delegation levels within the organization are timely updated / respected; and in line with corporate and local requirements
• Perform ongoing monitoring activities over existing delegation levels

D. Segregation of Duties

• Monitor the enforcement of proper segregation of duties rules, and ensure alignment with group policies
• Manage user access requests through mitigating conflicts and proposing organizational changes and/or mitigating controls

2.External and internal audit

• Participate /support internal audit activities and facilitate exchange of information
• Follow up on any actions defined by internal audit to ensure internal control weaknesses have been addressed

3.Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, when applicable

Participate to the roll-out of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) project within the Egyptian operations, including :

• The completion of the Affiliate’s CLC framework
• Reporting on the progress of the completion of the action plan to remediate internal control weaknesses
• Liaising with Action plan owners for follow-up and support when needed

4. Training & Communication

Prepare and conduct adequate trainings along with relevant support functions with the objective to:

• explain company Standard Operating Procedures
• explain the purpose of delegations of powers
• develop understanding around company processes
• clarify roles of internal control vs compliance

5. Tools / Projects

• Updating / Managing key internal control tools on regular basis, including InterAct, E-Delegation, Nova, etc.
• Support the successful implementation of new projects / tool within the organization by ensuring internal control aspects are considered.
• Perform Ad-Hoc reviews upon request, based on new defined areas of risk

Others:

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Respect of company’s values, code of ethics and social&